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About Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright is a publisher, critic, eco-activist, artist, and poet. He is the author of 13 books including most recently Triple Crown, Sonnets, and Party Everywhere. The Operating System will release Radio Poems this year. He received his MFA in Poetry after studying with Allen Ginsberg at Brooklyn College and taught there for several years. He has served on the Poetry Project’s board and taught there as well. From 1987 to 2000 he ran Cover Magazine, the Underground National. Poems of his are included in the 2017 issue of New American Writing. Currently, Wright stages events at KGB and La Mama in New York City in conjunction with his annual journal called Live Mag!. You can find also find him at jeffreycypherswright.com/.

Buckaroo, Desire, Doghouse, Cowgirl: Collages by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Doghouse (detail) by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

My work abuts the rough edge between freedom and responsibility, nature and culture. It challenges confining conventions and repurposes them into new forms—forms born of urgency and tempered by a … [Read more...]

5 poems by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

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Haymaker July raves, deliriously green. The feverfew stands three feet tall! Its yellow faces ringed with white ruffs. A songbird perches in a birch. Its wings, still when it sings. How your … [Read more...]

Insignia: Collages by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Raoul (detail) - Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Artist's statement: Mail Art first influenced my artistic direction. In the 80s I began creating collages using found images, rubber stamps and stickers. I also practiced graffiti, using markers, … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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